ritzblitz

Hi everyone,

I have an 83 with the 2.5l engine and have heard that building this motor is not worthwhile at all. I guess it is hard to make power or what?

So I was wondering what kind of whp people are making with the 2.5l motor or any other NA 944 motor for that matter. Is 200whp a pretty distant number for most?

I was thinking of doing some heavier engine mods much later down the road after I learn to drive, thats why I ask.

M758

200 whp is about 65 more than you can expect without speeding BIG BIG money.

This chart below is a really nice one 2.5L 8 Valve NA

75ohm

On an NA?

GodSpeed

yeah on an 8v Na, 200 pretty much wont happen.

ekeeton

ain't never gonna happen

ubercooper

get a big boy 2.7 ... and make +10hp

PixelGrinder

It really isn't worth your time or money trying to make big HP from an N/A. Save your money and buy a turbo (how many times has this been said lol)

944CS

to make over 200 reliable hp will cost over $20K, assuming you can put it together yourself correctly

Tom R.

try the search function.

sillbeer

ls1 swap

spazegun2213

haha, its true. a good 2.7L is good for 145-155hp

With a fresh head and one season on the bottom end i made 150/150 with good AFR's

ritzblitz

What about the 3.0L?

V2Rocket

236 with NA with variocam...

ritzblitz

Hmm definitely seems like a waste of time and money to build any NA 944 engine.

What about some conversion options.

I have a feeling an F20C(Honda S2000) would go pretty well with a 944.

How do things work with the transaxle when doing a swap? Does the transmission move to the front like normal or is the transaxle utilized and fitted to work with the swapped engine?

How easily does the 944 turbo engine swap in? ...even though I'm not all for forced induction.

Techno Duck

From a cost and simplicity stand point, i would go with a 968 3.0L instead. They put out similar HP #'s and the 3.0L has the benefit of huge low end torque aswell as being 'almost' a direct fit. Also the 968 swap is pretty well documented, you know exactly what you need and what has to be done to get it working. Your running blind with the F20C idea and that means you are spending alot of money to figure things out.

Plan on spending about $5-6g's to get it done though.

Believe me, ive thought about the swap heavily and even had a donor motor lined up. After thinking about it alot, i made my final decision, which you can see in my signature..